No 14164, Thursday 02 May 2024,Karaoke

Solution to 12A has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only by a non-regular / novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.

Open for anyone to answer, if not solved by 1 PM.

ACROSS

1   Thrash key cop brutally. It's a way of treating cases (5,7) SHOCK THERAPY*

9   Maybe solution from volume cooked up, volume destroyed (5) OLEUM vOLUME*

10 Money stolen by missing person, who denies food and drinks (9) ABSTINENT {ABS{TIN}ENT}

11 Iron men? On the contrary (7) FEMALES {FE}{MALES} 

12 Well-known Indian man stops for drug on the way (7) E?I?E?T (Addendum - EMINENT (-i-m+e)EMINENT - See comments) 

13 Crush of Arkansas and Wichita (8) SANDWICH [T]

14 Wearing wool gives recurring protection for Inuits (5) IGLOO [T<=]

18 Revolutionary practice at a place for athletic abilities gets an expression of awe (2,3) MY GOD {DO}{GYM}<=

20 Star-shaped satellite crashed after loss of essential engines (8) STELLATE SATELLiTE*

24 Briefly think about appeal in public performance (7) RECITAL {REC{IT}ALl}

26 Mineral from extremely rare seaweed, close to Mercur (7) REALGAR {RarE}{ALGA}{m...uR}}

27 Drunken cine-goer obstructed by first-class gatekeeper (9) CONCIERGE {CINE+GOER}* over {Cl..s}

28 Greeting word used to express irritation and trouble (5) HITCH {HI}{TCH}

29 Which event a marathoner will participate finally? (2,3,4,3) IN THE LONG RUN [C&DD]

DOWN

1   Say why some need working capital? (4,5) SEED MONEY {(~y)WHY+SOME+NEED}*

2   How small is small to derive properties of power (4,3) OHMS LAW {HOW+SMALl}*

3   Spooner says 'Idiot, hang bag' (8) KNAPSACK (~sap knack to knapsack)

4   Bed and breakfast in Lesotho mostly in a mess (6) HOSTEL LESOTHo*

5   Breaking into an association of criminals getting funding (7) RAIDING {R{AID}ING}

6   Quiet sound when it is fired (5) PIECE (~peace)

7   Curling shark? (7) DOGFISH [GK] (Addendum - {CUR}{LING} - See comments)

8   Government regulation drops basic duty (5) STATE STATEd (Addendum - STATutE - See comments)

15 Oscar hunted to remove the contents of an animal (5-4) ORANG-UTAN {O}{RAN}{GUT}{AN} 

16 Doctor! Nurse got bony fish (8) STURGEON*

17 Wants to protect the world in digital shield primarily (7) DEARTHS {Di...l}{EARTH}{Sh...d}

19 Some almost-richest person who ignores unpleasant facts (7) OSTRICH [T]

21 Take advance in rent from that woman with kid (7) LEATHER {LE{A}T}{HER}

22 I hear small creature's smut (4) CROCK (~croc) Enu should be 5

23 Extremely fateful test relating to baby's breath, say (6) FLORAL {Fa...uL}{ORAL}

25 Field gun killed national minister (5) CANON CANnON

Reference List

Volume = V, Indian = I, Man = M, Drug = E, Appeal = IT, Oscar = O, Advance = A, National = N